My M390 project

Fri Jun 08, 2012 2:39 am

I wanted to get a work in progress thread going on my m390 knives.I'm whipping up a little pairing knife for my mom which is almost ready to go to heat treat. The honesuki I just started hogging away some metal today. I also did some light profiling on the nakiri, but it still has a ways to go. The gyuto will end up being 240mm, but it is slightly over sized right now, and needs some serious profiling work, it's no where near the final shape.

Re: My M390 project

Fri Jun 29, 2012 4:33 am

I just wanted to give a little update on this, I have made a little more progress, but overall it's going to be a pretty slow moving project. I will update this thread as I make enough progress to post new pics. The little knife is 98% ready to go to heat treat. A little FYI I am not a knife maker this is really my first attempt at making knives, but on the other hand I do have a lot of experience working with metal. For example I have a replica lotus super 7 chassis sitting in the garage I built from the ground up, I've also built chassis and various components for others cars and I used to be a master diagnostic technician for Lexus for about the last 8 years, butI am totally out of that business now.

So basically I do have some skills with tools but I am just a regular guy trying to make some quality knives I will try to get some picture updateswithin the next week.

I would really like to make a nice quality presentation box for these knives, I plan on giving them to my parents as a gift. Even though I'mmaking the gyuto for myself.

I just wanted to let you guys know I haven't forgotten about this thread and will keep it up to date to completion.

Re: My M390 project

Fri Jun 29, 2012 4:36 am

Also another pain in my butt when I got metal from Bohler was at the time they didn't have the thinnerplate in stock, so they ended up sending me .177 thick metal, which surprisingly takes a lot more work tothin out.

Re: My M390 project

Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:19 pm

So I just thought I'd post some pictures and a little update. So the little pairing knife I was making was going to be specificially for my mother, and I'd say I'm about 95% ready for it to go to heat treat. BUT look! what she bought yesterday !!! I suppose I was pretty close in making a knife she would buy

Re: My M390 project

Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:33 pm

Check out how thick the stock was originally, that is the tang of the nakiri. Compared to the pairing knife, and thenwith the honesuki on top of it. I'd say Im about 85% ready for heat treat on the honesuki

Re: My M390 project

Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:38 pm

Here is a group shot, the nakiri is basically just profiled and I've just started removing the mill scale.They gyuto is starting to take shape, about %50 there. You can also see some wood I have picked out and some other toys, if you're into that kinda thing I'm hoping pictures can make up for my slow progress.